[AT] stiff tractor day

[charlie hill]

Mike,

Would it be possible to put a water seperator in the hydraulic system?

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 12:02 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] stiff tractor day


> My problems with the later IH tractors' hydraulics not "warming up" is 
> usually water in the hydraulic system turning to ice. The only solution 
> seems to be draining the system, pumping out all the fluid (by running 
> the engine with the drains all open), and then refilling with new fluid. 
> Depending on the tractor, that could mean 15-20 gallons of fluid - not a 
> cheap fix.
> 
> Mike
> 
> dfolske at nccray.net wrote:
>> -34F here this morning and not supposed to warm up much during 
>> the day today.  I'm not looking forward to starting the 1850 to feed 
>> this afternoon.  With it plugged in I know it will start right up but 
>> even letting the hydraulic oil circulate for a while doesn't get that 
>> warm oil through the power steering cylinders and loader cylinder 
>> until you've actually used them for a while.
>> 
> 
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